ABSTRACT The L-CAPS system is a functional interface for learning group behavior using Cultural A... more ABSTRACT The L-CAPS system is a functional interface for learning group behavior using Cultural Algorithms in the land bridge simulation example. It enables the Cultural Algorithms process to implicitly communicate with, modify and evaluate, autonomous game agents restricted to an external virtual world. The L-CAPS system is described and used to learn the group behavior of caribou herds in the virtual world.
The archaeology of inundated cultural landscape sites is not new and is an important component of... more The archaeology of inundated cultural landscape sites is not new and is an important component of the global record, yet these sites are distinct from shipwrecks and other site types underwater. Just as on land, underwater sites are subject to a dynamic range of formation processes, which must be analytically controlled. However, there are lingering misconceptions about underwater sites, specifically how they are formed, how much has been preserved, and their contribution to the broader field of archaeology. This paper discusses issues of preservation, context, and formation processes using misunderstandings of the Pompeii premise in underwater research as a conceptual guide. Ultimately acknowledging that, just as on land, archaeological sites underwater are diverse and unique, with site-specific pre-and post-depositional transformations. Different sites supplement each other, and the unique preservation underwater makes them a particularly valuable complement to the terrestrial record and a vital part of world archaeology.
Some of the most pivotal questions in human prehistory necessitate the investigation of archaeolo... more Some of the most pivotal questions in human prehistory necessitate the investigation of archaeological sites that are now submerged. The advance and retreat of glacial ice and the associated global changes in sea level throughout the period of human development have exposed and then submerged significant coastal land masses repeatedly. As a result, questions as diverse as the origins of early human culture, the spread of hominids out of Africa and the colonization of the New World all hinge on evidence that is under water. While the discovery and investigation of such sites presents technological challenges, these contexts have unique potentials for investigating ancient sites that have not been disturbed by later human activity, and for preserving organic materials that typically do not survive on land.
ABSTRACT The L-CAPS system is a functional interface for learning group behavior using Cultural A... more ABSTRACT The L-CAPS system is a functional interface for learning group behavior using Cultural Algorithms in the land bridge simulation example. It enables the Cultural Algorithms process to implicitly communicate with, modify and evaluate, autonomous game agents restricted to an external virtual world. The L-CAPS system is described and used to learn the group behavior of caribou herds in the virtual world.
The archaeology of inundated cultural landscape sites is not new and is an important component of... more The archaeology of inundated cultural landscape sites is not new and is an important component of the global record, yet these sites are distinct from shipwrecks and other site types underwater. Just as on land, underwater sites are subject to a dynamic range of formation processes, which must be analytically controlled. However, there are lingering misconceptions about underwater sites, specifically how they are formed, how much has been preserved, and their contribution to the broader field of archaeology. This paper discusses issues of preservation, context, and formation processes using misunderstandings of the Pompeii premise in underwater research as a conceptual guide. Ultimately acknowledging that, just as on land, archaeological sites underwater are diverse and unique, with site-specific pre-and post-depositional transformations. Different sites supplement each other, and the unique preservation underwater makes them a particularly valuable complement to the terrestrial record and a vital part of world archaeology.
Some of the most pivotal questions in human prehistory necessitate the investigation of archaeolo... more Some of the most pivotal questions in human prehistory necessitate the investigation of archaeological sites that are now submerged. The advance and retreat of glacial ice and the associated global changes in sea level throughout the period of human development have exposed and then submerged significant coastal land masses repeatedly. As a result, questions as diverse as the origins of early human culture, the spread of hominids out of Africa and the colonization of the New World all hinge on evidence that is under water. While the discovery and investigation of such sites presents technological challenges, these contexts have unique potentials for investigating ancient sites that have not been disturbed by later human activity, and for preserving organic materials that typically do not survive on land.
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